Sentences with phrase «number of diseases including»

They are as vector for a number of diseases including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Canine Ehrlichiosis which causes severe decreases in blood platelet numbers.

Low glucose levels may indicate any number of diseases including liver disease, severe infection, certain cancers, and malnutrition.

The health benefits of onions include their role in substantially relieving a number of diseases including the common cold, asthma, bacterial infections, respiratory problems, angina, and cough.

Gadolinium - based contrast agents have a proven track record for accurate diagnosis and treatment monitoring of a large number of diseases including cancer, neurological pathology, heart disease, liver disease, and many other important conditions afflicting adults and children.

Obesity puts a large burden on the health care system and increases an individual's risk for a number of diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

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Newfoundland and Labrador also has some of the highest per capita rates of a number of diseases, including colon cancer, diabetes, and psoriasis.

These figures are as large as they are partly because 60 % of sufferers don't comply with their medication or treatment regimen — for any number of reasons including cost, stress, work patterns or lack of education about how to self - manage the disease.

Data from a number of other studies, including the Nurses» Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow - up Study also report greater risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and metabolic syndrome, which is related to diabetes and cardiovascular problems, for consumers of artificially sweetened beverages.

Previous research has tied cocoa flavanols to a number of health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease, stroke and hypertension.

jesus, working god's will, opens the seven seals and murders almost everyone on earth, releasing death, war, disease, famine and more on earth, again killing untold numbers of innocents, including children.

«The No. 1 sign of mineral depletion is low energy and the second is some kind of pain, which if left un-replenished, could lead to a number of diseases, including things like liver and kidney disease, arthritis, etc.,» Long says.

These colorful wonders can help protect us again a number of health concerns including heart disease, birth defects and especially colon cancers.

Cultures in Africa have employed okra for a number of maladies, including diabetes and liver disease.

Eggplant is loaded with phytonutrients that act as antioxidants that help to reduce the number of free radicals in the body which damage cells and may contribute to certain diseases, including some cancers and heart diseases.

Adult obesity is associated with a number of serious health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers.

There are a number of steps parents can take at home to prevent the spread of communicable skin diseases such as MRSA, and to treat the infection, including

Respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections are the leading cause of morbidity in children.1, 2 Prospective cohort studies in industrialized countries revealed a prevalence of 3.4 % to 32.1 % for respiratory tract infectious diseases and 1.2 % to 26.3 % for gastrointestinal infectious diseases in infancy.3, — , 8 The risks of these infectious diseases are affected by several factors including birth weight, gestational age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, number of siblings, day care attendance, and parental smoking.3, 5,6,8, — , 20

Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants1, providing protection from morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases2 and chronic diseases later in life.3 Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended, starting within one hour of birth and for the first 6 months of life, with continued breastfeeding to 2 years of age and beyond.4 However, rates of initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration have fallen since the widespread introduction and promotion of breast - milk substitutes.5 Successful breastfeeding depends on a number of factors, including a re-normalisation of breastfeeding as the infant feeding method of choice through antenatal counselling and education and breastfeeding support to prevent and resolve breastfeeding difficulties.

Risks for the baby include exposure to infectious diseases, including HIV, to chemical contaminants, such as some illegal drugs, and to a limited number of prescription drugs that might be in the human milk, if the donor has not been adequately screened.

The many nutrients in green beans can help you prevent a number of different conditions, including Alzheimer's, atherosclerosis, diabetic heart disease, colon cancer, asthma, arthritis, acne, ear infections, and maybe even colds and flu's.

«The Community Health Status Report shows Dutchess County making continued improvement in driving down the rates of death and hospitalization from chronic diseases, including heart disease, the nation's number one killer,» said DBCH Commissioner Henry M. Kurban, MD, MBA, MPH, FACPM.

The problem is associated with higher risks for a number of chronic conditions, including diabetes, asthma, gallbladder disease, and depression.

Raw sewage and fecal matter result in coliforms in the water that can cause a number of diseases, including those caused by Escherichia coli or E. coli, according to health officials.

A coalition including cooling industry representatives and environmental activist Erin Brockovich called on the state to enforce federal water regulations, regularly test the water supply and improve New York's water infrastructure, as data show the state has the highest number of Legionnaire's disease cases in the nation.

Question topics included the recent rollout of the City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring of former Sharpton aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Viral hemorrhagic fevers is a generic term that refers to a number of diseases found in Africa, including Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, Crimean - Congo hemorrhagic fever and yellow fever, according to Denise Werker, deputy chief medical health officer at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health.

Studying itching sensations is a relatively new field, but if we look at the number of diseases where itch is a major symptom, it includes not only atopic dermatitis but also nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis, as well as infection and end stage kidney disease.

That number includes people treated for leukemia and other types of cancer, blood disorders and immune diseases.

The silver lining, says Richard Salmon, a retired neurologist who wrote an editorial accompanying the research, is that recent research shows that the vCJD prion behaves much like the pathological proteins behind a number of other diseases involving brain degeneration, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Many studies have indicated that an increasing number of pregnant women in the U.S. have health conditions that could boost the risk of problematic complications including chronic health disease, hypertension and diabetes.

Today in Cell and associated journals, 24 research studies from the landmark BLUEPRINT project and IHEC consortia reveal how variation in blood cells» characteristics and numbers can affect a person's risk of developing complex diseases such as heart disease, and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.

Inflammation in the central nervous system has recently been shown to play a role in a number of different neurodegenerative diseases, including HD and PD, but this is the first direct comparison of these two distinct diseases.

They live entirely in underground tunnels and never see the sun; have long life spans for their size (30 years compared to a common rat's 4 years); feel no pain in their skin; survive and thrive in oxygen - poor environments; and are resistant to strokes and a number of diseases, cancer included.

Interestingly, a number of disease conditions including tumour malignancy, multiple sclerosis and autoimmune disease were recently reported to be associated with ERAP1.

Defects in mitochondria, and as a consequence reduced energy levels, are a factor in a number of diseases that affect the nervous system including Parkinson's and Motor Neuron Disease.

Heart disease and breast cancer share a number of risk factors, including advanced age, poor diet, family history, physical inactivity and tobacco use.

Known to help restore ATP and maintain cellular energy, creatine is being investigated to treat a number of neurological conditions — including Parkinson disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal cord injury.

Nanodrugs, drugs attached to tiny biocompatible particles, show great promise in treatment of a number of diseases, including cancer.

After adjusting for a number of factors — including age, gender, surgery type, baseline cognition, presence of a vascular comorbidity and the presence of a genetic variant that has been associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease — the authors used a three - stage approach to examine the association between inflammatory cytokines and delirium.

Infants in particular are susceptible to a number of diseases caused by gastrointestinal bacteria, including sepsis, chronic diarrhea, and necrotizing enterocolitis, an infection of the intestinal lining that is one of the leading causes of death in premature babies.

Some researchers, including James of UC Irvine, prefer an approach that would prevent mosquitoes from spreading disease without reducing their numbers.

Other causes of heart failure include systemic processes such as inflammatory diseases, metabolic disorders, endocrine derangements, and kidney disease, which result in an unknown number of cases.

The condition is linked to a number of health problems, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

A growing number of epidemiologic studies have suggested an association between sedentary behavior and chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and even death that is distinct from those related to a lack of physical activity.

The researchers then collaborated with many groups in the U.S. and Europe — including the European Huntington Disease Network — to form the Genetic Modifiers of HD (GeM - HD) consortium, which ran a third GWA analysis of another 2,131 patients, bringing the total number of participants to 4,082.

The brain - on - a-chip could be useful for studying any number of neurological and psychiatric diseases, including drug addiction, post traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury.

Inflammatory arthritis includes a number of autoimmune diseases of the joints — including rheumatoid arthritis and lupus — and in many cases is caused by a type of inflammation called type III hypersensitivity.

Mitochondrial defects are often observed in a variety of diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease, and are the hallmarks of a number of genetic mitochondrial disorders whose manifestations range from muscle weakness to organ failure.

Limitations of the study include the small numbers of people participating in NHANES who were identified as having a diagnosis of celiac disease and as adhering to a gluten - free diet without celiac disease.

These molecular fragments are spawned by natural processes, disease, and a number of environmental insults — including overexposure to the sun.